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The Whitsundays

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May 27th 2010
The Whitsundays are a group of 72 islands of the north east coast of Australia. We boarded our boat called the Tongarra from Airlie Beach where we sailed for 2 days and 2 nights around the islands. We stopped off at Whitehaven Beach which is voted one of the best beaches in the world! We had 3 different snorkelling sights, we saw turtles, stingrays and many fish...sadly no sharks it was amazing. O ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Whitsundays

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more